BBS News

Students Shine as Billy Joel Cuts Ribbon on Fine and Performing Arts Wing

Oyster Bay, NY – In a magical evening of music and community pride, Oyster Bay’s own legendary musician, Billy Joel, helped the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District cut the ribbon on its newly expanded Fine and Performing Arts Wing at Oyster Bay High School, Sept. 25. Mr. Joel, a longtime advocate of music education […]

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Clients expect special expertise from architects, engineers and builders

When it comes to building projects, clients expect a higher level of specific expertise than ever from their architects, engineers and construction managers. Firms that provide these services have adapted over the years, deepening their areas of specialization by industry as well as by service area. BBS Architects, Landscape Architects and Engineers began to specialize […]

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Huntington awards contract for James D. Conte Community Center to BBS

Huntington, NY – The Huntington Town Board has awarded the contract for the James D. Conte Community Center in Huntington Station, NY, to BBS Architects, Landscape Architects & Engineers. In 2016, Town officials budgeted $10 million to construct the center, which is named for the late assemblyman who served the hamlet for 24 years. Plans for adaptive re-use and complete renovation of […]

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BBS appoints first new partners in 30 years

Patchogue-based BBS Architects, Landscape Architects and Engineers, a firm founded in the 1970s, has appointed new partners for the first time in more than 30 years. BBS, which primarily does design and engineering work for Long Island’s K-12 public schools and higher education institutions, has brought on six partners as part of a corporate succession […]

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BBS: The Journey to Better Construction Documents

After his graduation with a degree in architecture from New York Institute of Technology in 1978, Roger Smith accepted a full-time position at BBS, where he had worked part-time as a college student, and stayed for a year. He left to take a position in the design and building industry, where he gained more knowledge […]

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Southold opens new track and field complex at high school

The Southold School District brought students out, dressed in red and white to show their Settlers pride, at a ribbon cutting for the high school’s new track and athletic complex Tuesday morning. Student athletes and classmates broke in the track by taking a lap before superintendent David Gamberg and Board of Education president Paulette Ofrias […]

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Long Island architecture firm BBS opens Albany office

Albany, NY – BBS Architects & Engineers has been growing quickly since the Long Island firm opened an Albany office three months ago. Six employees were hired. Four to five more could be joining in the next three months. “I think a lot of firms expand hoping they have a job and then hire people,” said […]

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Congratulations to Our New Partners

BBS Welcomes Six New Partners to its Leadership Team! We are pleased to announce that Frederick W. Seeba, Lawrence Salvesen, Kevin J. Walsh, Kenneth G. Schupner, Joseph B. Rettig, and Gary W. Schiede have been named partners of the firm. “The new partners have led the firm’s design efforts for countless schools, universities, and other projects completed on […]

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